🇹🇳 Inside Héla Ammar’s artist studio in Tunis English below En mars dernier, nous avons eu l’immense plaisir de rencontrer l’artiste visuelle et photographe Héla Ammar, qui nous a ouvert les portes de son atelier à La Marsa, en banlieue de Tunis ! Ce fut l’occasion d’échanger sur son parcours et sur les principaux thèmes …
Taszuri Creations : the brand that celebrates Amazigh tattoos
• Hello Rym & Camille ! You are the founders of the brand TASZURI, could you introduce yourselves in a few words, as well as your backgrounds ? Rym – Hello ! I am Rym, I am 30 years old. I was born and raised in Algiers, and my family is of Kabyle origin. After …
« Le Bleu du Caftan » : Interview with Moroccan filmmaker Maryam Touzani in Casablanca
In the mind of Maryam Touzani Inspiring works, ideas and places A movie ? A special day, Ettore ScolaA book ? The Stranger, Albert CamusA painting – An artist ? CaravaggioAn instrument ? The violin (ill. : Hakim Alakel)A song ? Losing my religion, R.E.MA dish ? Spaghetti alla vongoleA place ? Tangier Interview with …
Al-Beyt collective and their 100% female Arab hip-hop event
Al-Beyt is a Syrian event collective based in Paris. We met Moaoia and Laure, two of the founding members of the collective. They told us about the history, values and goals of Al-Beyt, and teased their next event in Paris, which will take place on October 2nd at the New Morning. AL-BEYT • How did …
« Incendies » (2010), by Denis Villeneuve : a metaphor for all countries at war
Before its movie adaptation, Incendies was first a play written in 2003 by Quebec playwright and director Wajdi Mouawad, born in Lebanon in 1968. Director of the Théâtre national de la Colline in Paris since 2016, Incendies is the second play in his tetralogy entitled Le Sang des promesses. After attending a performance of this …
Meeting Zeid Hamdan : between musical friendships and sound memories
I do my job because I like meeting people. – ZEID HAMDAN Since the end of the 90’s, Lebanese musician and producer Zeid Hamdan has placed human beings and his taste for exchange at the heart of his artistic projects. From his beginnings with the now-cult band Soapkills to his current projects, Zeid Hamdan is …
Illustrator Mariam Tafsiri and Qâjâr inspiration
Mariam Tafsiri is a British-Iranian illustrator, who draws her main inspiration from her Iranian heritage, and especially from Qâjâr art, established by the Qâjâr dynasty that ruled the Persian Empire from 1781 to 1925.In this first interview of our « Civilization » category, Mariam Tafsiri talks about her creative process and her personal relationship with cultural heritage. …
« Happiness » : Interview with Pouria Takavar, the Iranian director of the new Arte webseries
Synopsis of the Arte series HAPPINESS Shadi شادی, which means « joy » in Persian, is a 17-year-old Iranian girl who lives alone in Tehran with her mother. While her mother is preparing their migration to France, Shadi dreams of only one thing : to leave at all costs to meet her father, whom she only knows …
Interview with the founders of YEMA, the platform dedicated to oriental films and series
On the occasion of the imminent launch of YEMA, the first French-speaking video-on-demand platform dedicated to the best of Oriental films and series, we met the founders of this marvellous project : Juliette Gamonal, Léa Taïeb and Marine Zana, who gave us a foretaste of what awaits us very soon on our screens. To all …
Interview : Camélia Barbachi, founder of Chez Nous.
This autumn, the young Tunisian designer Camélia Barbachi reveals her first collection for her brand Chez Nous. Inspired by the island of Djerba in Tunisia, she highlights the Blouza Djerba, a revisited traditional garment, fluid and elegant, halfway between the djellaba and the shirt. Designed with an ethical and conscious approach, Chez Nous. is a …